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Extra DC police will be out in the city’s shopping districts this Christmas season 12/02/2022 04:09pm • The holiday shopping season leads to more purchases, and more potential Grinches trying to steal your purchases — and that has D.C. police planning to hit the streets in a very visible way. “You can really feel the holiday spirit throughout D.C.,” said Police Chief Robert Contee, standing o Indian generic drug maker will invest $12.5M in Prince William Co. facility 11/30/2022 11:23am • Granules India Ltd., which manufactures off-patent drugs, including generic versions of Advil, Tylenol and Mucinex, will invest $12.5 million to open a pharmaceutical packaging operating in Prince William County. Granules will lease 79,000 square feet at Parkway 66, an industrial campus at 7413 C New unit probes 23 deaths involving police in its first year 11/29/2022 01:59pm • A unit in the Maryland attorney general's office investigated 23 fatalities involving police in its first year and so far none of the investigations have resulted in officers being charged, the office said Tuesday. The unit completed reports on 13 cases in the first year, according to the report Tips to prevent holiday-related back pain and strain 11/28/2022 04:16pm • "If you're trying to do things too quickly, then you're not taking into account the ergonomics and how to take better care of your back," said Dr. Yash Mehta of the Virginia Spine Institute. (Courtesy Virginia Spine Institute) The holiday season can be stressful on more than your mind. Emotio Car Review: Audi unleashes the ultimate little sedan with a 400hp five cylinder powered RS 3 11/28/2022 03:58am • The Audi RS 3 sedan is a special car — not just a run-of-the-mill small luxury sedan. The RS 3 comes equipped with a different engine than most cars today. A five-cylinder turbo engine that packs a 401hp punch! It even won the “International Engine of the Year award.” This engine has a A Maryland small business on how buying local is a very big deal 11/25/2022 04:35pm • Cheese lovers can now find Firefly Farms goat cheeses in grocery store chains, but when Mike Koch and Pablo Solanet started their business in 2002, they were operating on a very small scale and doing everything themselves. "We started in the way that a lot of cheesemakers do on a farmstead on our How a Prince William Co. woman's nonprofit is helping kids she never meets 11/24/2022 08:57pm • In 2017, a friend reached out to Northern Virginia parent Sarah Tyndall, explaining that an acquaintance left what was described as a "bad situation" with four kids, and that she had little to no resources. The woman needed clothes for her kids. So Tyndall, a stay-at-home mom at the time, began c Why the USDA wants to mail you an instant-read thermometer 11/22/2022 04:55pm • Is your Thanksgiving turkey still frozen? There are three ways to safely defrost a turkey to prevent dangerous bacteria from growing, according to the Department of Agriculture — in the refrigerator, using tap water or putting it in the microwave. In the refrigerator, it takes approximately Car Review: The new Subaru Forester Wilderness is a sensible crossover that can actually handle the dusty trail 11/21/2022 03:53am • The 2022 Subaru Forester Wilderness looks to gain more buyers by making a more off-road worthy crossover vehicle. Subaru gave the Forester Wilderness more ground clearance, now 9.2 inches, that rivals many other larger SUV models. There are front skid plates to help protect vulnerable items while on Get ready for the most expensive holiday travel season ever 11/20/2022 10:58am • For travelers getting ready to make their first holiday trips since before the pandemic: prepare for sticker shock. Airfares are way up. US gas prices are higher than they've ever been at this time of year. Rates for hotel rooms and rental cars have jumped 12% and 46% respectively from where they Green Day Produce recalls enoki mushroom packages due to possible health risk 11/19/2022 11:42am • Green Day Produce is recalling its enoki mushroom packages sold between September and October because they could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes -- the bacteria that causes Listeria infections, according to a statement on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. The enoki mushro Checklist for moving to assisted living 11/13/2022 07:00pm • When it's time for you or a loved one to consider moving into an assisted living facility, you'll have to weigh many factors and concerns. The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living, a nonprofit that serves the needs of the assisted living community through national Thoroughfare descendant sues in cemetery saga 11/11/2022 12:40pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. A descendant tied to one of the cemeteries in the Thoroughfare community of Broad Run is suing a brewery and Prince William County for fa Veterans Day 2022: What’s open, what’s closed 11/11/2022 04:46am • Veterans Day falls on a Friday this year, bringing closings and service disruptions to the D.C. region. Held every Nov. 11 on the anniversary of World War I’s formal end, it was originally called Armistice Day — until a 1954 act rededicated it for veterans of all conflicts. The Department of Holiday shipping deadlines: Ensure your gifts arrive on time 11/10/2022 11:00am • Vaughn Moore, executive chairman and CEO of AIT Worldwide Logistics, has a message about holiday shipping for procrastinators: "You'll have a better experience this year than in previous years." That's because after two years of pandemic-related supply chain issues, the shipping industry has more